Teachers in Bayelsa public primary schools have embarked on indefinite strike to press for the payment of the nine-and-a-half months’ salary owed by local governments in the state.
This was after they rejected the one month salary offered to them by the state government to avert the action.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the teachers had commenced an indefinite strike on Monday after a three-day warning strike.
The state wing of the Nigeria union of Teachers (NUT) said in a statement on Tuesday that it has directed the teachers to commence the action.
The Chairman of NUT, Mr Kalama Toinpre, who signed the statement, said the action was meant to press for payment of outstanding salaries owed the teachers.
Toinpre, therefore, directed all primary school teachers to stay away from classrooms with effect from Monday.
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